Year-End Lists

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The Best Albums of 2016 Slate: Carl Wilson

50 Best Albums of 2016 Pigeons & Planes

100 Favorite Albums of 2016 Sasha Frere-Jones

50 Best Albums of 2016 NME

50 Best Albums of 2016 Complex

Top 50 Albums Of 2016 Q

15 Best Albums of 2016 Vulture: Craig Jenkins

Top 30 Albums of 2016 The Wild Honey Pie

Top Albums of 2016 Brooklyn Vegan

10 Favorite Albums of 2016 NPR Music: Ann Powers

Favorite Albums of 2016 No Depression

16 Albums That Shaped 2016 DIY

Albums of the Year 2016 Clash

Top 100 Albums of 2016 Under the Radar

60 Best Albums of 2016 Pretty Much Amazing

Top 100 Albums of 2016 Quietus

50 Best Albums of 2016 Pitchfork

50 Best Albums of 2016 Fact

Top 50 Albums of 2016 The Wire

50 Best Albums of 2016 Spin

21 Best Albums of 2016 A.V. Club

50 Best Albums of 2016 Mojo

The Best Records of 2016 Flood

75 Best Albums of 2016 Uncut

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.